Table-corner



(No Model.)

H. J. LANGSTON.

TABLE CORNER.

No. 353,144. Patented-Nov. 23, 1886.

iiness J51 venfor,

the claims.

5 are secured, and a half-tubular socket for re UNITE STATES PATENTOFFICE.

HENRY J. LANGS'ION, OF GARRETTSVILLE, OHIO.

TABLE-CORNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,144, dated November23, 1886.

Application filed July 31, 1886. Serial No. 209,623. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. LANGSTON, of Garrett-sville, in the countyof Portage and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Table Corners, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a cast-metal corner piece for securing therails and legs of tables together; and it consists in the peculiarconstruction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 isa perspective view of theinside of a table-corner, showing my improvedcorner-piece and the manner of securing it to the rails and leg. Fig.2-is a detached View of the corner-iron, showing the interior surfacewith its lugs for securing it to the rails and thesocket for the leg.Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the out side surface, which may beplain or ornamental.

A in the several figures is a corneriron having two plates, to which theend and side rails ceiving the tenon of the leg. To the inside surfacesof the said plates are provided lugsb b and flanges e 0 and a lowertransverse flange, d d. The lugs b b have holes through them near theends. The ends of the rails are beveled, and are provided with slots 66, cut in the corner to fit over the lugs -b 6,- also with a verticalgroove, f, transverse to the said slots. The beveled ends of the railsfit into the angles of the corner-iron, with the aforesaidlugs restingin the slots, and are firmly secured by means ofa pin or rod, 9,inserted in the holes in the lugs, which project a little beyond theinner surface-of the rails, the rod or pin lying in the aforesaid groovef.

Between the flanges c c the surface of the iron is half-tubular, intowhich the tenon of the leg L fits, the iron resting on the shoulder Z ofthe leg. The leg is secured in the'iron by a bolt and nut, N.

' In the top endof thetubularpart of theiron is a flange, IL, having ahole for securing the iron to the table-top.

The advantages derived from this improved construction are simplicityand facility in the manufacture and application to the purpose for whichthey are designed: First, they are easily molded and east, requiring nocore, and enabling them to be cast with either plain or ornamentaloutside surfaces; and, second, they are very easily applied withoutextra fitting. The rails, being slotted and grooved by machinery, arereadily attached without extra labor.

The legs are easily removed, thus rendering it convenient as a knockdowntable for packing and shipment.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. As a new article ofmanufacture, the hereindeseribed metal corner-iron for tables,consisting of angle-plates A, provided on their inside surfaces withlugs I) b, having holes to receive a rod for securing it to the rails,and a top flange, it, having a hole for securing it to the table-top,and flanges c c, the space between which is made half-tubular to receivethe table-leg, and a bolt-hole for fastening the leg therein, all asshown and described.

2. The combination, with the corner-iron having angle-plates provided ontheir inside surfaces with lugs 12 b and fiangesccand d, the spacebetween said flanges c 0 made half-tubular, of the rails having theslots 66 and groove f, secured to said corner-iron by the rod or pin andthe leg L, secured in the tubular space by the bolt and nut N, allsubstantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

HENRY J. LANGSTON.

\Vitnesses:

RoLLrN S. WEBB, W. D. LEE.

